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By: Garden Gate staff
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From eyesore to gorgeous
Don’t let your garden shed be the focal point! This design helps blend it seamlessly into your yard.
An ornamental tree brings the shed into scale with its surroundings, while viburnums hide an awkward corner and cover hard edges. Other plants, such as deutzia and clematis, add long-blooming flowers, as well as colorful foliage.
Just keep clicking to learn more about a garden that can transform any area — even one just for storage!
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Flowering crabapple Malus Centurion™ Type Tree Blooms Rosy red flowers in spring; bright red fruit in fall; disease-resistant Light Full sun Size 20 to 25 ft. tall, 15 to 20 ft. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 4 to 8 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
Flowering crabapple
Malus Centurion™
Type Tree
Blooms Rosy red flowers in spring; bright red fruit in fall; disease-resistant
Light Full sun
Size 20 to 25 ft. tall, 15 to 20 ft. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 4 to 8
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
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Viburnum Viburnum plicatum tomentosum ‘Molly Schroeder’ Type Shrub Blooms Pink flowers in spring; may rebloom in fall Light Full sun to part shade Size 6 to 8 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 8 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
Viburnum
Viburnum plicatum tomentosum ‘Molly Schroeder’
Type Shrub
Blooms Pink flowers in spring; may rebloom in fall
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 6 to 8 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 8
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
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Clematis Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’ Type Perennial Blooms White blooms in early summer; nonvining; deep smoky purple-red foliage Light Full sun to part shade Size 36 to 48 in. tall, 24 to 30 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9
Clematis
Clematis recta ‘Purpurea’
Type Perennial
Blooms White blooms in early summer; nonvining; deep smoky purple-red foliage
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 36 to 48 in. tall, 24 to 30 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Deutzia Deutzia Yuki Snowflake™ Type Shrub Blooms White blooms in early to midspring; purple-tinted fall foliage Light Full sun to part shade Size 18 to 24 in. tall, 30 to 36 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 8 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
Deutzia
Deutzia Yuki Snowflake™
Type Shrub
Blooms White blooms in early to midspring; purple-tinted fall foliage
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 18 to 24 in. tall, 30 to 36 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 8
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
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Campanula Campanula takesimana ‘Elizabeth’ Type Perennial Blooms Pink flowers from early to late summer Light Full sun to part shade Size 18 to 24 in. tall, 18 to 20 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 9 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
Campanula
Campanula takesimana ‘Elizabeth’
Type Perennial
Blooms Pink flowers from early to late summer
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 18 to 24 in. tall, 18 to 20 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Veronica Veronica ‘Blue Reflections’ Type Perennial Blooms Pale blue flowers from spring into summer Light Full sun to part shade Size 2 to 3 in. tall, 12 to 14 in. wide Cold-hardy USDA zones 4 to 7 Heat-tolerant AHS zones 7 to 1
Veronica
Veronica ‘Blue Reflections’
Type Perennial
Blooms Pale blue flowers from spring into summer
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 2 to 3 in. tall, 12 to 14 in. wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 4 to 7
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 7 to 1
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